Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
p,RTH OF THE FLAG,
,,.. IN which the First American ff'
'V' sign Was Made.

'''' sign Was Made.
- street. below Third says the
,1,rbia Press, stands a little oio
sds. tgo stories and a half nigh,
dins, ION which informs the passer-
Fms I'm the house was made the
d. s.,sriean flag and that in these Gays
IN INV beer or liquor there. i,
~ ~ !. nm a committee appointed
81! t : congress to select a
as go go national flag went with Gen.
~ ~ '.ar 10 the little shop of Mrs.
~ - Ross, at No. 239 Arch street, TO
.ssir IDEAS embodied in bunting.
p ~, was a milliner whose principal
~ among the Quaker ladies,
+ba projecting window were hung
'a,reet forms of the brown and arao
~ about whose make up the women
Il \ p,isnd's society we're and are as
J. . !. "a the lady who stops ones
Washington sketched on a scrap
20 the design agreed upon. There
,sirtsen stripes of alternate white
III and in the blue union we're TO De
.1an white stars ranged in circle.
;sa tradition that Gen. Washing
dared that the stars have six points,
,sat Mrs. Ross argued that the stars
~ seemed to have only FIVE points.
ian Inc day by showing her visitors
Tar with i've points could be made
4 ona elip of the scissors. The nag
/ made in her little back room, and
,,sss adopted the design as the nation
n milling has changed but little
\ then. A large tree which stood ia
Of j. during the revolution survived
1876. when it became dangerous and
AMI down. Bat the house stands as 1t
did Even Mrs. Ross show window
deserved and the wooden shutters on
second story windows and the dormer-
dow in the sharply sloping roof are
same that looked down on Arch street
Kindred years ago.
he bar-room would even now be recog-
! a as Mrs. Ross shop if one of that
mltteH Nuulu ApM iVfA1Ah ANs 'hs1AA6
n this room through a narrow entry
Mn two steps, one enters Mrs. Ross
room, where without doubt, the
was cut out and sewed together. Ii
ven now queer old room. On its
hest end is the old fire place now GOV
with wall paper, but showing at the
row of the blue and white tiles
,b once surrounded it.
koit into one corner is three corner
wooden cupboard. The very locks
knobs on the doors are of the pattern
he last century. The stairways of
house are all winding and very narrow.
b leading TO the cellar is very steep.
attic is still hoored with the pun
on boards which once were the only
bnrg in the house--an inch thick and
teen inches wide. The only new
b. abont the whole structure is a
kitchen, built within the last few
lrs Amelia Mund, a comely German
Ow. who keeps the tavern and owns
property told what she knew of the
ory Of The building since the time of
Ross.
/ was occupied as a tailor shop many
rs, and my husband bought it over AS
u ago. Neither he nor | would allow
Thug to be changed unless an abso-
necessity to keep the building from
|ly to pieces. 1t is strong and we'll
and has needed very liItle repair
When the floor of what was the
vas taken up few years ago the
sna floor was taken away, as it could
BE- kept from falling into the cellar.
Epe came from long distances to get
ce' Of II az relics, and one gentleman
board made into table and dfaped
nh the American flag. The house
oor three weeks ago never had
P to tell people that this first American
was made here, but l thought peo
ought to know. Anyway, I've had no
Of visitors to inquire about the old
e Not many of them were Phila-
ghlans for they don't seem to care
ch about the relics of the revolution
Raaay' but geat many western peo-
have come 20 this house and taken as
g Interest in il as they did in Inde.
dence hall.
nope President Cleveland will come
Saen he Is at the constitutional
'o'a'lon. Do You think he would?
"a 'ae Bag'- birthday celebration was
10 l''I had forgotten all about
'a'IrS the house and didn't even
nag and the parade went right by
mouse And the newspapers went for
ABOUT IT. too, You shall see how
l5cof2te my house during this cele-
either Side of No. 259 are tall build
o'sd ior manufacturing purposes,
~7 space this relic of history soccu-
becoming too valuable for it to
IleA longer Mrs. Mund says she
'ag Historical society would buy
4Adlng and move it out to the park
William PENIS Letitia street
81 several ladies have already be
Interested IN this project, and the
-' society is said to have it unoer
lsra.i0u
prRoutas Ecccntricity.
Youth Companion.
rs men WHO belong, bv their